Reian asked Michael Grant:

You have an extremely large and diverse collection of characters under your belt. How do you keep it so that each personality is distinct and unique?

Michael Grant I don't know. I've had people say this, and it's very flattering. But I put very little conscious thought into it. I never think, 'Oh, I need to give so-and-so a distinct voice'. I just have the character in my head and when I write their dialog it sounds specific to the character. It probably helps that in dialog I'm going for a sort of elevated naturalism - in other words, how real people would talk if they had a few extra seconds to think about it. And I never want them to sound like me. The only character I've ever created to sound like me is David Mitre in A SUDDEN DEATH IN CYPRUS.

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